Ahoy, sailors!
Welcome to another Cruise Ship Manager devlog. We would like to thank you for such active engagement in the playtests. Your suggestions are immensely important to us. We cannot promise that we will implement every single idea, but we do want to significantly improve our game. Due to the warm reception of the playtests, we decided to extend the playtests until August 3rd!
Today, we would like to familiarize you with starting the cruise – all the essential preparations that every respectable cruise ship must go through in order to safely depart from the harbor.
First of all: choose the right route! At this time, you have the option to choose between two destinations for your cruise. These options have predefined cruise times and difficulty ratings which you will have to take into consideration, as the longer the cruise, the more things can happen (and go wrong)! In the final version of the game, the Cruise Planner will be much more robust and the map will progressively get bigger as you play.
Next, build mode! As you already know from the previous devlog, build mode is incredibly important. Build as many cabins as you need and satisfy all passenger needs.
The Crew Employment Mode will allow you to recruit the crew of your dreams for your ship! Some employees specialize in specific skills, so choose carefully so that all your work slots are covered, including entertainment and engineering.
When all the technicalities are taken care of, it is time to sell some tickets. To increase the exposure of your cruise’s offer, you can invest in advertising, like purchasing a TV spot or some fliers. You have full control over the price of tickets and the number of all-inclusive tickets. Careful, though! Selling the tickets ends the cruise preparations – you will not be able to change your destination or build new rooms.
The last step, which will be available in the full version of the game, is purchasing resources. Each room consumes resources such as fuel, so the more entertainment venues you have on your ship, the more fuel you have to buy.
After you are done with the preparations, all that’s left is to press ‘Set Sail!’ and leave port.
Tell us what else you want to know about our game! We invite you to visit our Discord server where we hang out and answer questions.
Add the game to your Wishlist and expect more information about Cruise Ship Manager soon!
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